Indian Country Leaders Assemble in Iowa to Explore Innovative Approaches to Building Sustainable Communities
Indian Country Leaders Assemble in Iowa to Explore Innovative Approaches to Building Sustainable Communities www.AmericanIndianSustainableConference.org
Plan includes renewable energy, organic agriculture, cultural preservation, and meditation
Top leaders of Indian Country will assemble to explore how modern organic agriculture and renewable energy technologies combined with ancient meditation practices can be used to build healthy, sustainable American Indian communities during an international conference from September 25 to 27 in Fairfield, Iowa, at Maharishi University of Management.
Panelists include Joe A. Garcia, President of the National Congress of the American Indian; Robert Cook, President of the National Indian Education Association; Lucille Ecohawk, strategic planner for the Casey Family Programs; Kevin Skenandore, Acting Director of the Bureau of Indian Education; and Stan Holder, Chief of the Division of Accountability and Performance, Bureau of Indian Education.
A key feature of the conference will be a five-point plan for sustainability has been developed by the Hocak Elders Council, Inc., of the Winnebago Reservation, according to Prosper Waukon, hereditary leader of the Thunderbird Clan, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Conference hosts and participants include the Hocak Elders Council, Inc., Indian Health Services (IHS), National Congress of the American Indian (NCAI), National Indian Education Association (NIEA), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Winnebago Tribal Health Services (WTHS), Winnebago Treaty Hospital-IHS, and the David Lynch Foundation.
For information and registration: www.AmericanIndianSustainableConference.org.
